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Complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein—surgical implications of an extremely rare anomaly

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Background

Due to the complex embryologic development, pancreatic anatomy can be very variable.

Discussion

The authors present the second ever reported case in the literature of a complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein which forced us to alter the standard operative procedure of pancreatic head resection, thus enabling possible dangerous complications.

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  1. Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Albert Ludwigs University, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106, Freiburg, Germany

    Goran Marjanovic, Robert Obermaier, Ulrich T. Hopt & Ulrich Adam

  2. Department of Surgery, Hospital of Nagold, Nagold, Germany

    Stefan Benz

  3. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany

    Thorsten Bley

  4. Institute of Pathology, Albert Ludwigs University, Freiburg, Germany

    Eva Juettner

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  1. Goran Marjanovic
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Marjanovic, G., Obermaier, R., Benz, S. et al. Complete pancreatic encasement of the portal vein—surgical implications of an extremely rare anomaly. Langenbecks Arch Surg 392, 489–491 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-006-0123-8

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